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How We Got Here: Abortion in Wisconsin Since 1849
WPR Reports - January 30, 2024 22:47 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsA challenge to Wisconsin’s abortion ban could already be making its way to the state Supreme Court. The law was first passed in 1849 and went back into effect last […]
Coming Soon – How We Got Here: Abortion in Wisconsin Since 1849
WPR Reports - January 30, 2024 22:43 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsA challenge to Wisconsin’s abortion ban could already be making its way to the state Supreme Court. The law was first passed in 1849 and went back into effect last […]
Bonus: Citizen Erne
WPR Reports - November 03, 2023 15:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsIn fall 2023, the moment Ernesto Rodriguez of La Crosse had been waiting decades for had arrived. He finally became a U.S. citizen, more than 40 years after arriving in Wisconsin following the Mariel boatlift.
How We Got Here: Abortion in Wisconsin since 1849
WPR Reports - September 09, 2023 15:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsA challenge to Wisconsin's abortion ban could already be making its way to the state Supreme Court. The law was first passed in 1849 and went back into effect last June when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. In our special "How We Got Here: Abortion in Wisconsin since 1849," WPR repo...
Coming Soon - How We Got Here: Abortion in Wisconsin since 1849
WPR Reports - September 01, 2023 22:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsA challenge to Wisconsin's abortion ban could already be making its way to the state Supreme Court. The law was first passed in 1849 and went back into effect last June when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. In our special "How We Got Here: Abortion in Wisconsin since 1849," WPR repo...
More than 40 years ago, these exiles left their lives in Cuba. They’ve since established roots in Wisconsin.
WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 11:10 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsFrom Cuba to Oktoberfest
How the Cuban revolution eventually led to 15K refugees in Wisconsin
WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 11:09 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsYouth Lost to a Revolution
The mass exoduses that followed the Cuban Revolution
WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 11:08 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsFailed Dreams and Embassy Breaks
Sharks, apples and capitalism: Cubans take refuge in US after Mariel Boatlift journey
WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 11:07 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsThe Mariel Boatlift
Cuban refugees stuck in limbo in Wisconsin
WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 11:06 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsA New Home at Fort McCoy
Cuban refugees reconcile with racist encounters, criminal pasts and the path forward
WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 11:05 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsCrime and Adversity
Mariel refugees find their way in the Midwest
WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 11:05 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsBecoming a Wisconsinite
Mariel refugees have built lives in Wisconsin for 42 years, but still long for Cuba
WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 11:04 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsCuba is Calling
Uprooted, Ep. 8: Cuba is Calling
WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 06:35 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsThe Cuban exiles who arrived in Wisconsin in 1980 as part of the Mariel Boatlift have become family to one another. They are Wisconsinites. But their hearts remain in Cuba, and they want to visit their homeland one more time - if they can find a way.
Uprooted, Ep. 7: Crime and Adversity
WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 06:30 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsSome Mariel refugees made questionable decisions while adjusting to life in the Midwest in the 1980s. They've all faced discrimination. And all of them have tried to move forward as their pasts continue to haunt them.
Uprooted, Ep. 6: Becoming a Wisconsinite
WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 06:25 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsThe Cubans who immigrated to the United States during the Mariel Boatlift have left Fort McCoy. Some found homes in Wisconsin and got jobs. Some started families. But first, they had to find sponsors.
Uprooted, Ep. 5: A New Home at Fort McCoy
WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 06:20 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsFort McCoy was one of four U.S. military installations that housed Cuban refugees after the Mariel Boatlift in 1980. Almost 15,000 Cubans lived there that summer and fall while waiting to connect with family members or find sponsors.
Uprooted, Ep. 4: The Mariel Boatlift
WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 06:15 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsPeople who left Cuba to come to the United States as part of the Mariel Boatlift in 1980 share their experiences of traveling across the sea and their first memories stepping ashore in Florida.
Uprooted, Ep. 3: Failed Dreams and Embassy Breaks
WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 06:10 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsThe Cuban revolution promised people a better life: free health care, schools and subsidized housing for everyone. But this came at a cost - and some weren't willing to pay the price. So they began leaving the country in the 1960s, and it all came to a head in 1980.
Uprooted, Ep. 2: Youth Lost to a Revolution
WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 06:05 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsWhen Fidel Castro took control of Cuba in 1959, some feared the shift to communism and left almost right away. Decades later, the changes brought on by the revolution would also lead to almost 15,000 Cuban refugees coming to Wisconsin as part of the Mariel Boatlift of 1980.
Uprooted, Ep. 1: From Cuba to Oktoberfest
WPR Reports - October 12, 2022 06:00 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsEnrique More has roots in La Crosse. He's been a part of the city's music scene for decades, most notably playing with Mr. Blink. Wisconsin is his home. But it didn't feel much like home when he first got here, when he was one of a handful of Cubans to settle in La Crosse after arriving in 1980 a...
Introducing: Uprooted
WPR Reports - October 05, 2022 17:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsIn 1980, nearly 15,000 Cuban refugees were sent to Fort McCoy in Wisconsin. They left their homes as part of the Mariel boatlift mass exodus. In this podcast, meet the Cubans who stayed in Wisconsin and find out what their lives have been like as they live in legal limbo.
A new podcast from WPR about Cubans in Wisconsin
WPR Reports - October 05, 2022 11:00 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsIntroducing: Uprooted
With the help of two Supreme Courts, Republican map prevails
WPR Reports - June 01, 2022 11:00 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsThe Final Map
Mapped Out, Ep. 8: The Final Map
WPR Reports - June 01, 2022 11:00 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsWhen people look back at Wisconsin's redistricting cycle of 2021, they might wonder how the Republican-led Legislature came out on top again, despite repeated and significant setbacks.
Mapped Out Ep. 8:The Final Map
WPR Reports - June 01, 2022 11:00 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsWhen people look back at Wisconsin's redistricting cycle of 2021, they might wonder how the Republican-led Legislature came out on top again, despite repeated and significant setbacks.
Mapped Out, Ep. 7: Least Changes
WPR Reports - December 09, 2021 12:00 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsThe new redistricting maps proposed by Republican leaders in the state Legislature are based on the old maps approved in 2011. And while it may have been obscured by the partisan bickering that greeted the proposal, an important question emerges: Can the map that helped Republicans cement their m...
In 2021 map fight, what’s old is new
WPR Reports - December 09, 2021 12:00 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsLeast Changes
Mapped Out Ep. 7:Least Changes
WPR Reports - December 09, 2021 12:00 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsThe new redistricting maps proposed by Republican leaders in the state Legislature are based on the old maps approved in 2011. And while it may have been obscured by the partisan bickering that greeted the proposal, an important question emerges: Can the map that helped Republicans cement their m...
Mapped Out Ep. 6:How It Might Go
WPR Reports - November 03, 2021 11:00 ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsIn Wisconsin, it's the job of the Legislature and the governor to handle redistricting every decade, and pretty much no one thinks they're actually going to do it this time around. With split control of state government, things are likely headed to court, but which court and when are still open q...
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